I'm pretty sure that anyone who says BMI and Rugby Player in the same sentence is overweight. Maybe that could be an additioal guide/measure to use?
My guess is that 85% of populous in UK would get a BMI result over 25 and this is why people pick holes in it.
Of course BMI is not infallible but as a simple-ish guide to healthy weight it's fine for most people. I say "ish" because I suspect the metric nature of it and the maths would pose a problem for some people....
What makes you think just because people put BMI and Rugby Player into the same sentence makes them overweight?
Facts are facts.
Then you admit a BMI is infallible.
Maybe the BMI is based on the weight and build of soy eating snowflakes?
It is simply a blunt instrument.
I was 17 1/2 stone in my prime and I am 19 stone now, I have now started to go down the Gym and swim, I may be a little softer round the middle but the basic size of my legs, arms and shoulders means it is nearly impossible to meet my BMI weight.
Which is currently 10stone to 13 1/2 stone
I haven’t been that weight since is was 14.
My son is 20, he hasn’t got an ounce of fat on him, six pack etc.
He is nearly 15 stone.
The issue I have with the BMI is it doesn’t seem to take into consideration a persons muscular build, perhaps it should?